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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-B-1872 f28 ORDINANCE NO. B -1872 AN ORDINANCE providing for the improvement of certain property by grading,, - ballasting, surfacing and constructing concrete curbs and gutters; establishing a Local Improvement District, providing for the method of payment therefor, and creating a special fund. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. That a portion of Swan Avenue shall be improved by grading., ballasting, surfacing and constructing concrete curbs and gutters together with the necessary drainage features consisting of curb boxes, 8 inch pipe siphons and 175 lineal feet, more or less, of 8 inch pipe drain, all of said improvements to be constructed in full accordance with the plans and specifications to be prepared by the City Engineer, and filed with the City Clerk. -The property to be benefited by this improvement consists of the following: Beginning at a point on the north line of Swan Avenue 147 feet east of the east line of 16th Avenue North; thence north 150 feet; thence easterly to a point on the east line of the Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter -of the Southwest quarter of Section 13, Township 13 North, Range 18 E.W.M., which is 90 feet north of the north line of Swan Avenue; thence south 240 feet to a point 90 feet south of the south line of Swan Avenue; thence westerly and parallel with Swan Avenue to the center line of the Pacific Power & Light Company's Canal; thence southwesterly along said center line • to a point 139.7 feet south of the south line of Swan Avenue; thence wester- ly and parallel with Swan Avenue to a point 147 feet east of the east line of 16th Avenue South; thence north to the point of beginning, situate in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington. Section 2. There is hereby created a Local Improvement District to be called Local Improvement District No. 840, which said district shall include all of the property described and set forth in Section 1 hereof. • Section 3. All of the cost and expense in connection with the making and construction of said improvement, including the cost and expense of acquiring right -of- way easements, engineering, inspection, advertising, publication of notices and all other expenses incident .thereto, shall be levied and assessed upon all of the property embraced within said Local Improvement District in accordance with the special benefits conferred thereon in the manner provided by the laws of the State of Washington and the ordinances of the City of Yakima, and said City shall not be liable in any manner for any portion of said costs and expenses of said improvement. Section 4. All of the aforesaid construction work shall be in accordance with the plans, specifications, profiles, maps and detailed drawings which have been prepared by the City Engineer, filed with the City Clerk and which are hereby approved and adopted. Section 5. All of the work necessary to be done in connection with the making of said improvement shall be done and made by contract upon competitive bids; and the City shall have the power to reject any and all bids. Section 6. There is hereby created a special fund to be called "Local Im- provement Fund, District No. 840 ", into which shall be placed all sums paid on account of the aforesaid special assessment, including all interest and penalties thereon; and, in the event of the sale of Local Improvement Bonds by the City, all premiums and inter- est on said bonds issued for said improvement. Section 7. Bonds bearing interest at the rate of 4% per annum, payable on or before 12 years from the date of issuance, shall be issued in payment of the cost and expense of said improvement; which bonds shall be redeemed by the collection of special assessments to be levied and assessed upon the property within said district, payable in 10 equal annual installments with interest at the rate of 4% per annum, interest payable annually, under the mode of "Payment by Bonds" as defined by the statutes of the State of Washington, and the ordinances of the City of Yakima. Section 8. This ordinance is one relating to local improvements or assess- ments therefor, and shall become effective immediately upon its passage, approval and publication as provided by the City Charter. PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 23rd day of April, 1956. ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN (S E A L) G. W. BURNS City Clerk Mayor I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance No. B -1872 entitled "AN ORDINANCE providing for the improvement of certain property by grading, ballasting, surfacing and constructing concrete curbs and gutters; establishing a Local Improvement District, providing for the method of payment therefor, and creating a special fund." as passed on the 23rd day of April, 1956, and that same has been pub- lished as required by law. D C I T Y 1 C L E R K L